Episodes

It's time to give everyone's favorite loose-lipped, animal-loving, half-giant his due- we're diving deep on Rubeus Hagrid! What makes arguably the most beloved Harry Potter character tick? What function does he serve in the larger (no pun intended) literary structure of the series? And why is Littl…

The time has come to crack open the ice cold can of time-travel that is Act III of Cursed Child. As the story gets more and more in the weeds of alternate timelines, can Kev contain his fury? Why has Voldemort become a Spirit...

Welcome to Season 9 Foxies! We're kicking things off by continuing our progress through Barnes & Noble's 15 Best Harry Potter Chapters and revisiting the absolute BANGER that is Book 1’s “The Mirror of Erised”. Is it the best chapter of the series? Will it make one or both of us cry AGAIN? And for …

Our Season 9 Premiere has moved to July 18th (owing to a slight miscalculation with calendars) and we know you've missed our dulcet tones so we're offering this itty-bitty snack of an episode to hold you over for another two weeks. We're covering some listener emails and giving you some life update…

For our Season 8 finale, we're doing a little bit of everything: some listener emails, some HP trivia, some hypothetical questions, and one very major poop story.

We're wrapping up Part I of Cursed Child with some seriously sticky time-travel, Moaning Myrtle continuing to be just incredibly appropriate, and the importance of men being accountable. Plus- MC Escher, Zelda, and disagreement about what teenage boys are sneaking around to do (correct answer: make…

The trek through the Barnes and Noble '15 Best Harry Potter Chapters' list continues this week with #13- “The Only One He Ever Feared” from Order of the Phoenix. What makes this epic Dumbledore/Voldy battle so iconic? Is unhinged Harry in fact the BEST Harry? And what rock singer do The Wilsons con…

What makes great parents? What parenting style is superior? Who are the good, bad, and most complicated parents in the Wizarding World? We may not have the answers to these unanswerable questions, but we've got lots of opinions- and some may surprise you. So gather all the HP mommy and daddy issues…

This week, we're covering the next chunk of Cursed Child, also known by it's other title- Back to the Future. Plus, Draco and Harry (Taylor's Version), Star Wars trade disputes, and eating honeysuckles!

As we continue making our way through the 15 best chapters in the Harry Potter series (at least according to Barnes and Noble), we’ve reached #14- the seminal premiere chapter of Book 6, The Other Minister. How can a chapter with relatively little action contain so much information while deftly avo…

This week, two literary dumb-dumbs get their minds blown when they learn that Ring Structure is a thing. Plus, we open the mailbag, do some music fancasting, and Kev has a lot of feelings.

Cursed Child is heating up, things between Harry and Albus are getting super tense, and The Wilsons are here to cry about it. Plus, a journey back to the Billboard Hot 100 of 1994, Disney Dreamlight Valley, and queerbaiting?

We're kicking off our journey through the 15 best Harry Potter chapters (according to Barnes & Noble) with the first entry on the list, Book 3’s The Boggart in the Wardrobe. What makes this a great chapter? How do boggarts relate to the broader themes of the series as a whole? Should this chapter m…

This week, we're tackling our next Character Deep-Dive and immersing ourselves in the tragedy that is Sirius Black's story. From surviving on rage and the ways Sirius re-creates his own trauma to the parallels between Sirius and Harry's stories and what he has in common with the dude from Castaway …

It’s time to continue our Cursed Child journey, and we've finally crossed into Act II! We're talking Daddy issues, polyjuice brain pretzels, and Draco voice makes an overdue appearance to yell about Muggles. Plus, Bluey!

This week, we proudly don our yellow-and-black best and discuss ‘Puffs’, the quintessential underdog story. Plus, what role do unlicensed homages have in a fandom that's become controversial? All of this, plus Bob Dylan, awaits.

Hogwarts painting or Hogwarts Ghost? Be pranked by Fred and George daily or have to tolerate milktoast Dudley? And in a rousing round of F/M/K, what are we doing with Pomona Sprout and Horace Slughorn? This week, we're entering the (wizarding) world of the hypothetical and scandalous.

This week, we’re plotting more ground in Cursed Child and covering Act I, Scenes 11-16 and the spikey-handed Trolley Witch of it all. Plus: Janet(s), Kevin is reminded of a very specific adult film, and Draco draco-ing.

Our next deep-dive is focused on none other than the Holy Trumvirate of Harry, Hermione, and Ron (who we establish are NOT a throuple). Are they truly complimentary to each other or should they really not be friends? Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? What's the deal with the rule of t…

This week, we're diving back in to Cursed Child and covering Act I, Scenes 5-10. It's big father/son dramatic energy, and the return of the worst plot device in the Wizarding World. Plus, Amanda's unlikely kinship with young Albus, (somehow) more Muppet talk, and…Corn Bears?

In this week's bourbon-fueled episode, we're exploring the current goings-on with Wizarding World screen adaptations, including the doomed(?) Fantastic Beasts franchise, and pitching our own ideas for future projects. Plus: Amanda's Muppet problem, a Harry Potter musical (please no), and Crikey! It…

The time has come to crack the spine of the truly weird Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. For this first installment, we're discussing the lead-up to Cursed Child's creation and setting up the main events by reading through Albus and Co.'s third year.

Join us this week as we revisit the four Hogwarts Houses and the concept of sorting children in general. What would old-school psychologist B.F. Skinner think about the Sorting Hat? Which houses are the Ninja Turtles, the protagonists of The Good Place, and various Disney characters in? And why is …

This week, we're putting on the literary analysis hats we are in no way qualified to wear and discussing the narrative template The Hero's Journey. Is Harry Potter a typical Hero's Journey Tale? Is The Hero's Journey still an effective storytelling device? And for the love of god who is Ashwaganda …